RSN: Dead, White, and Blue: The Great Die-Off of America's Blue Collar Whites

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FOCUS: Barbara Ehrenreich | Dead, White, and Blue: The Great Die-Off of America's Blue Collar Whites 
 
Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch 
Ehrenreich: "The white working class, which usually inspires liberal concern only for its paradoxical, Republican-leaning voting habits, has recently become newsworthy for something else: according to economist Anne Case and Angus Deaton, the winner of the latest Nobel Prize in economics, its members in the 45- to 54-year-old age group are dying at an immoderate rate." 
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RSN: Despair, American Style

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FOCUS: Paul Krugman | Despair, American Style 
 
Paul Krugman, New York Times 
Krugman writes: "There have been a number of studies showing that life expectancy for less-educated whites is falling across much of the nation. If you believe the usual suspects on the right, it's all the fault of liberals. But (surprise!) this view is very much at odds with the evidence." 
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RSN: Heartland of Darkness

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FOCUS: Paul Krugman | Heartland of Darkness 
 
Paul Krugman, The New York Times 
Krugman writes: "This new paper by Angus Deaton and Anne Case on mortality among middle-aged whites has been getting a lot of attention, and rightly so." 
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